Detroit (IPA: ) (French: Détroit, pronounced ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat for Wayne County. The city is located on the Detroit River, north of Windsor, Ontario. Established in 1701 by French fur traders, it is the center of an industrial area in the American Rust Belt. Today it is known as the world's traditional automotive center and an important source of popular music—legacies celebrated by the city's two familiar nicknames, Motor City and Motown. The city ultimately gets its name from the Detroit River, which in turn derives from the French, "Rivière du Détroit", literally, the "River of the Strait". The name alludes to the connection the river forms between Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie, although it is not literally a strait.

As of 2005, Detroit ranked as the United States's 11th most populous city with 886,675 residents; this is half of the peak population it boasted in the 1950s, and Detroit leads the nation in terms of declining urban population. Detroit's crime rate has created notoriety while the city continues to struggle with the burdens of racial disharmony between itself and its suburban neighbors. Nevertheless, Detroit is currently experiencing a downtown revival with the construction of the Compuware headquarters, a recently renovated Renaissance Center, three gambling casinos, new stadiums, and a Riverwalk, amid budget shortfalls and cuts in city services.

Residents are generally known as "Detroiters." "Detroit" is also sometimes used as shorthand for the Metro Detroit region, which is unofficially referred to as "Southeast Michigan." Common colloquialisms for the city are The D and The 313 (its area code).

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TMariePR (TaQuinda Johnson) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:13:09 -0000
is working hard and looking for Full time PR work in Detroit, MI. Also open to PR internship opportunities!
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just a city boy, born and raised in south detroit (8)
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just a city boy, born and raised in south detroit (8)
@invincibleDET my mom is super into urban gardening and she loved that this is happening in Detroit in the actual ground.
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@invincibleDET my mom is super into urban gardening and she loved that this is happening in Detroit in the actual ground.
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ABC picks up "187 Detroit" pilot (Reuters)http://bit.ly/88A0ws

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